GDC : NGage2 announcement and Xbox Next official unveiling..
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Couldn't actually care less about NGage 2, but if there's full disclosure of nextbox this summer then I'll be happy. Guess E3 could be a little problematic for MS though, if everybody knows they're holding out on the big announcements until later in the year, that might take some of the wind out of their sails unless they have some mighty impressive titles to show at the same time... Like, hm, Malice, perhaps? 
Or has that one been released already? I admit, I totally lost track of that title after it had been in development limbo for half an eternity.
Wonder if DMA Design is even around anymore. So many of the Brit dev-houses have been either closed down or absorbed up into others, like Bullfrog, Psygnosis etc... I miss the good ol' 80s, when Ocean Software was a big name, and US Gold, Rainbird, Thalamus, Melbourne House, and so on... Ooohh, those were the days!
Or has that one been released already? I admit, I totally lost track of that title after it had been in development limbo for half an eternity.
Wonder if DMA Design is even around anymore. So many of the Brit dev-houses have been either closed down or absorbed up into others, like Bullfrog, Psygnosis etc... I miss the good ol' 80s, when Ocean Software was a big name, and US Gold, Rainbird, Thalamus, Melbourne House, and so on... Ooohh, those were the days!
Panajev2001a
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Microsoft will have Halo 2 at E3: it is an anticipated title from Microsoft's stable of developers.
I think all three console makers will have a great E3 showing.
I think all three console makers will have a great E3 showing.
Guden Oden said:Wonder if DMA Design is even around anymore. So many of the Brit dev-houses have been either closed down or absorbed up into others, like Bullfrog, Psygnosis etc... I miss the good ol' 80s, when Ocean Software was a big name, and US Gold, Rainbird, Thalamus, Melbourne House, and so on... Ooohh, those were the days!
DMA Designs = Rockstar North (you know GTA3...)
Guden Oden said:So many of the Brit dev-houses have been either closed down or absorbed up into others, like Bullfrog, Psygnosis etc... I miss the good ol' 80s, when Ocean Software was a big name, and US Gold, Rainbird, Thalamus, Melbourne House, and so on... Ooohh, those were the days!
Well Thalamus was a German dev house and Melbourne House was and is Australian........ And I really don'y know why anyone would miss Ocean, were talking about a company who's philosophy was that they could sell anything with the right license....
ERP said:
Ah yes... I don't think I ever really played much of their stuff, but then I mostly spent all my Amiga years coding rather than playing.
I vaguely remember this though - still looks pretty good:
http://cus.org.uk/~alexh/games/lionheart/lionheart.html
MrWibble said:
I was more of an ST guy myself
Thalion was a company founded around the idea of taking demo coders (Tex the lost boys, TCB and some others) and having them make games. It really didn't work very well, they did eventually turn out some really nice looking titles, although the majority lacked any real gameplay.
If MS announced XB2 at E3, it would upstage it's Fall/Holiday lineup. But it would also upstage the lineup of the other consoles, and maybe the PSP as well.
But they do have to build up expectations for the new system at least a year before launch.
Maybe if they determined that XB console and games sales are on a steep decline already...
But they do have to build up expectations for the new system at least a year before launch.
Maybe if they determined that XB console and games sales are on a steep decline already...
